PENINSULAR RIVERS OF INDIA

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1.Which is the longest peninsular river that falls in the Arabian sea?

• Tapi

• Mahi

• Narmada

• Luni

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2. Which of the following is the longest tributary of Godavari?

• Penganga

• Venganga

• Poorna

• Pravara

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3. Which river originates from Trimbak on the hills of Western Ghats?

• Mahanadi

• Damodar

• Godavari

• Krishna

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4. Which river flows between Krishna and Kaveri?

• Kaveri

• Krishna

• Pennar

• Bhima

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5. Which river forms its delta near Vijayawada?

• Malprabha

• Krishna

• Tungabhadra

• Chatprabha

PENINSULAR RIVERS

The Peninsular River System is an Indian River system. It is one of two types of Indian River System, along with the Himalayan River System.The Peninsular River System's major rivers are the following

Mahanadi River

Godavari River

Krishna River

Kaveri (also known as Cauvery)

Narmada River

Tapti River(Tapi)

The rivers mainly drain in the rural area of India. The rivers have both religious and cultural significance to Indian people. The Peninsular Rivers are mostly fed by the rainfall. During the summer,their discharge is significantly less.Some of their confluents indeed get dehydrated, purely to be regenerated in the monsoon. The catchment region of the Godavari River in the peninsula is the biggest in India, covering a territory of around 10% of the whole country.

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6, Which of the following is the largest tributary river of Krishna?

• Bhima

• Koyna

• Musi

• Tungabhadra

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7. Through which city does the Vaigha river flow?

• Chennai

• Madurai

• Bangalore

• Hyderabad

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8. Which of the following rivers maintain water flow throughout the year?

• Brahmani

• Kaveri

• Damodar

• Swarnarekha

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9. All the four rivers mentioned below are rivers of Kerala.Which of these is the southernmost river of the state?

• Periyar

• Neyyar

• Chaliyar

• Kuppam

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NEYYAR RIVER-

The Neyyar river is 56 km long river which flows through Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala in India. It flows from the Agastya mala in the Western Ghats. The town Neyyattinkara  Thiruvanthapuram district , is situated on the banks of the river is named after this river

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10. The peninsular rivers receive water from which source?

             

• Snow – melt

• Rain fall

• Both snow – melt and Rain fall

• Receives water from other river

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11. Which of the following is/are the features of peninsular rivers?

           A. They are much older than the Himalayan rivers

           B. They are generally not navigable

           C. They are mostly perennial in nature

               

              

             

             

• Only A& B

• Only A & C

• Only B & C

• All of them

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12. Which of the following is true about Krishna River?

         A. Ghatprabha and Thungabhadra are its left bank tributaries

         B. It is the second largest east flowing river of the Peninsula.

                

                

                

                 

• Only A

• Only B

• Both of them

• None of them

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13. Which of the following is true about Godavari?

            A. It is also called Dakshin Ganga

            B. It rises from Tibekeshwar in Nasik district of Maharashtra

            C. Manjra is its important left bank tributary

                  

                   

                  

                   

• Only A & B

• Only B & C

• Only A & C

• All of them

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14. Which of the following are the right bank tributaries of Mahanadi river?

                  A. Tel

                  B. Ong

                  C. Jonk

                  D. Seonath

                   

                 

                 

                 

• Only A, B, & C

• Only B, C & D

• Only B & C

• All of them

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15. Which of the following is true about Narmada River

            A. It is located mainly in Madhya Pradesh

            B. It orginates from Maikala range near Amarkantak Plateau

            C. It is also known as Reva river

                  

                  

                

                

• Only  A & B

•   Only B & C

• Only A & C

• All of them

PENINSULAR RIVERS

  1 GODAVARI

         Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga river and drains into the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra.

Length: 1,465 km

Mouth: Bay of Bengal

Tributaries: PURNA, MANJRA, PENGANGA, WARDHA, WAINGANGA, SABRI, INDRAVATI ETC…..

2. KRISHNA

     The Krishna River is a river in the Deccan plateau and is the third-longest river in India, after the Ganges and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganges, Indus and Godavari.

Length: 1,400 km

Mouths: Bay of Bengal

Tributaries :  Ghataprabha, malaprabha,  bhima, Tungabhadra, musi

3.NARMADA

       The Narmada, the largest west flowing river of the Peninsula, rises near Amarkantak range of mountains in Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth largest river in the country and the largest one in Gujarat.

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16. Narmada rivers flows between mountains?

       

• Bhandeer and maikal

• Sapura and Aravalli

• Satpura and Vindhyachal

• Vindhyachal and Aravalli  

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17. Which of the following river is not responsible for formation of delta?

         

• Mahanadi

• Godavari

• Narmada

• Kaveri    

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18.  Which river flows from Amarkantak ?

           

• Damodar

• Mahanadi

• Narmada

• Tapti

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19. Which river among the following is a tributary Godavari?

         

• Vamashdhara

• Satluj

• Pranhita

• Pennar

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20. Which of the following river is the tributary of Mahanadi river?

          

• Bagmati

• Ghaghara

• Gandak

• Tel

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PENINSULAR RIVER

         1.TAPTI

              The Tapti River is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea. The river has a length of around 724 km and flows through the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Length: 724 km

        2. MAHANADI

 The Mahanadi River is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around 132,100 square kilometres and has a total length of 900 kilometres. Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independence in 1947.

    Length: 900 km

3. KAVERI

            The Kaveri is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Length: 805 km

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21. Which river form delta in odisha?

        

• Godavari

• Mahanadi

• Narmada

• Tapti

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22. Kaveri river originate from?

              

• Brahmagiri mountains

• Garhwali mountains

• Amarkantak

• Sahyadri

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23. Which of the following river dumps in the great ran of Kutch?

         

• Sabarmati

• Luni

• Betva

• None of the above

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24. consider the following statements

        A. Mahanadi is known as the sorrow of Odisha

        B. The city of cuttack is on the bank of Mahanadi

        C. Hirakud dam is situated on Mahanadi river

Which of the above statement is/are correct?

• A ONLY

•   B ONLY

• Both A & B & C

• Both A & C

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Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 kilometres from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long.    

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25. On which river is the city of Surat situated?

        

  

• Tapti

• Godavari

• Ganga

• Kaveri